Thus, Tao Hongjing began to take over the entire territory's equipment forging work. With the help of so many top-tier forging masters and other high-level blacksmiths, the territory's equipment level was bound to be greatly improved.
Zhou Yan was very much looking forward to Ouyangzi and the others forging new types of weapons, as they were all top forging masters and could forge spirit-grade weapons or higher without blueprints.
Furthermore, Ouyangzi had told Zhou Yan that he would forge a weapon for him soon.
Zhou Yan was very excited, as Ouyangzi was now a master-level forging master, and with various skill and title bonuses, he wondered how much of a surprise it would bring him.
The weapons forged by Ouyangzi were all exquisite, and thus, the requirements for materials were also very high. Once he started, he would do his best to forge the best equipment.
Zhou Yan had told them that they could choose and use any materials within the territory.
The territory had a vast amount of materials, and Zhou Yan was very confident about this. He believed that with so many materials, they would surely find suitable ones to forge the strongest equipment.
Now, Zhou Yan just needed to wait.
After resolving the matter of the blacksmiths, Zhou Yan entered the [Seclusion Chamber] for his daily six-hour cultivation.
Cultivating in seclusion here could rapidly improve his realm, and Zhou Yan would not waste this opportunity.
After six hours, Zhou Yan opened his eyes, ending his cultivation. He glanced at the time and saw that it was almost dawn.
First, he completed all the tasks that could be done in the territory, such as the [Three Lives Stone] check-in, purchasing items from the [Mysterious Shop], and drawing skills from the [Scripture Pavilion].
With any remaining time, he went to the [Martial Arts Space] to practice his skills.
Finally, after having breakfast, he left the territory and returned to the territory of the Ziwei Academy.
Upon arriving at the classroom, Zhou Yan noticed that many students were absent. This was not a big deal at the Ziwei Academy, as the academy did not have very strict rules for student management.
After all, there was a promotion assessment every year. Those who failed would be retained until they either voluntarily left the academy or passed the assessment.
The teachers were accustomed to having varying numbers of students. However, during the combat class, Leng Yue was slightly surprised to see Zhou Yan finally attending, as he had not been to class for a long time.
Zhou Yan then settled into a routine of commuting between two points.
After attending classes during the day, he would return to the territory after the afternoon classes to see if the soldiers had any gains.
The soldiers had indeed made considerable gains, but some soldiers were killed because they encountered extremely powerful Yalong monsters.
However, with buildings like the [Underworld], they could be resurrected by spending soul coins.
"Lord, many soldiers have captured powerful mounts today," Yin Lihua said to Zhou Yan.
"Oh, really? Let me see the information on those mounts." Zhou Yan looked at the data in Yin Lihua's hands and found information on many new types of mounts.
The list included new mounts such as Saw Dragons, Spike Dragons, Flame Dragons, Burst Dragons, Frost Dragons, and Earthsplit Dragons. Each type of mount had detailed information, but the number of these mounts was not large. Some had only one to two thousand, and some even had only a few hundred.
The largest group numbered over twenty thousand. These mounts were a massive Yalong herd that Meng Ao had spent a considerable amount of time capturing.
Zhou Yan urged them to continue their efforts and capture more mounts for the territory.
It was not easy to encounter so many powerful mounts this time, and Zhou Yan had no intention of leaving the area immediately.
The territory was now heading towards areas with more Yalong, eliminating many powerful Yalong along the way and obtaining numerous treasure chests.
Zhou Yan did not open the treasure chests. Instead, he took out a teleportation stone and set its destination to Diao Chan's location. However, Zhou Yan first sent a message to Diao Chan: "Chan'er, I'm free now. I'll use the teleportation stone to transfer to your location."
"Okay." Diao Chan smiled charmingly upon hearing this.
A few seconds later, Zhou Yan transformed into a beam of light and was teleported to Diao Chan's side.
"Lord." Upon seeing Zhou Yan, everyone greeted him.
"Have there been any other incidents?" Zhou Yan looked at everyone.
"Nothing serious, just a few soldiers sacrificed," Nie Xiaoxian said sheepishly. Due to her command error, hundreds of sisters had been sacrificed.
"It's alright, I've already started resurrecting the sacrificed individuals," Zhou Yan replied.
"Have you found any suitable mounts along the way?" Zhou Yan asked.
"Yes," Diao Chan opened her communicator and said, "Scout planes have discovered some very good mounts. However, those mounts move very quickly and are very alert. Even the scout planes only managed to pinpoint their general activity range, and they don't operate in groups, so we don't know their exact numbers."
Zhou Yan watched the video and indeed saw that the Yalong were incredibly fast, disappearing like a gust of wind.
Moreover, these Yalong were only slightly larger than horses and had a very good appearance, making them ideal as mounts. Zhou Yan fell in love with them at first sight.
"It shouldn't be far from their activity range, right?" Zhou Yan asked.
"Not far, only a few kilometers. We might even have entered their activity range by now," Zhen Mi replied.
"We have already dispatched people to search everywhere. As soon as they appear, we will find them," Nie Xiaoxian answered.
Only Diao Chan, Nie Xiaoxian, and Zhen Mi were here. The others had led the [Guanghan Fairies] elsewhere. Originally, they were supposed to split up as well, but upon hearing that Zhou Yan was coming, they stayed behind.
Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Then let's split up and search for their whereabouts. These Yalong are excellent as mounts, we can't miss them."
"Okay."
They separated, and Zhou Yan also unfurled his Yin-Yang Wings, beginning to search the forest for traces of the monsters.
About ten minutes later, Zhou Yan sensed sounds of combat from a certain area, indicating that monsters had begun attacking his people.
Zhou Yan spread his wings and hurried to the battle site. He found a Yalong that had been trapped in a sword formation by the [Guanghan Fairies], and they were now throwing sleeping gas at it.
Zhou Yan first checked the monster's information.
[Monster: Wind Dragon]
[Quality: Platinum]
[Race: Yalong]
[Level: 85]
[Special: Speed, Wind Control, Claws]
[Description: A Yalong with a trace of dragon bloodline power, capable of controlling wind elements. Its claws are also very powerful, and it is extremely fast.]